Where does “talvihauta” come from?

talvihauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish talvi, from Proto-Finnic talvi, from Proto-Uralic tälwä — winter.

talvihauta (Finnish): A small building close to the graveyard in which a dead body is temporarily placed, until the ground is not too cold to dig a grave for proper burial; only historically used in some parts of Finland

Definitions

  1. A small building close to the graveyard in which a dead body is temporarily placed, until the ground is not too cold to dig a grave for proper burial; only historically used in some parts of Finland

Ancestry of “talvihauta”, step by step

talvihauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish talvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtalviwinter
2Proto-Finnictalviwinter
3Proto-Uralictälwäwinter

via Finnish hauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhautagrave, tomb; trench; kiln, in the compound term...
2Proto-Germanicsauþazboiling; seething; wellspring; fountain; source;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂sewt-to roil; to move about, roil, seethe
Every word from Proto-Uralic tälwä →Every word from Proto-Finnic talvi →Every word from Finnish talvi →